Originally posted on Bar Work Advice: “100 per cent rise in hate crimes since Brexit” The triggering of Article 50 for Britain’s exit from the EU has left many in the hospitality sector feeling insecure about their future. Across England and Wales there was a 27 per cent rise in hate crimes since the Brexit…

Originally posted on Bar Work Advice: “90 per cent of bar and waiting staff have been verbally harassed” A recent survey conducted for Barworkadvice revealed that over 90 per cent of bar and waiting staff had been verbally harassed at work. The survey of 201 staff also exposed sexism as a major problem in the…

The term ‘socialism’ has taken a beating recently. Bandied around by slightly left-of-centre US social democrat Bernie Sanders and his zealot followers, the word has grown weary across the pond too. Fans and foes alike have hackneyed the term socialism in response to Jeremy Corbyn’s Old Labour declarations and anti-New Labour policies. But do these … Continue reading →

“You can’t make change by just talking about something.” “These protests and marches are useless. You can’t make change by just talking about something.” I was sharing some beers with my friend and I’d just told him about the solidarity stand I’d attended earlier that day. The campaign was in support of the 267 refugees … Continue reading →

Coming from the UK, I found the party campaign spending over the top and fruitless. In the 2010 General Election, individual candidates and national parties spent a whopping £45.5m, included in this figure were the unlimited (but public) donations which totaled £65,654,486 in 2014. According to the NY Times, In the current Presidential Election campaign … Continue reading →

A recent New York Times article entitled ‘As Campus Fears Rise, So Do Efforts to Enact School Gun Laws’ revealed: “Over the past two years, nearly 15 states have debated legislation, making it easier to carry concealed weapons on campus.” This came as a sharp contrast to California’s Governor Jerry Brown banning concealed weapons on … Continue reading →

We were all there last September marching for better wages, but what about better working conditions? Why are we setting up Facebook groups such as ‘Ban tube strikes’ and ‘We hate tube strikes’ and filling Twitter with endless abbreviated profanities directed at the underground staff (albeit 140 characters worth)? The strike is at an all-time … Continue reading →